Alexia arrived at the stands and found that Sino was gone.
Milia was also not there.
She had originally intended to ask Sino for help to treat her sister's Demon Possession.
It was now Alexia's turn to enter the arena.
Her opponent was a mediocre fighter.
Alexia launched a lightning-fast attack, knocking her opponent's sword away with a single strike.
The opponent still tried to struggle, but Alexia's sword was already at their throat.
"Princess Alexia is so amazing!"
"That's right! If things continue like this, Princess Alexia will definitely win the Martial Heart Festival!"
"Princess Alexia's opponents are all defeated in one move! Too strong!"
"Long live Princess Alexia!"
"I think Claire should be able to defeat Alexia! After all, Claire even defeated Princess Alice!"
"You don't know, do you! Originally, Midgar Academy's representative was Princess Alexia, but for some reason, Claire represented the academy!"
"Claire was already Princess Alexia's defeated opponent!"
The audience was abuzz with discussion.
"Do you think Jimina Saine will win the championship?" Sid interjected among a few people talking.
"Who is Jimina Saine?"
"I remember him, he seems to have defeated Annerose!"
"Now that you mention it, I remember too! But Jimina Saine looks so weak! Is such a person really strong?"
At this moment, these people discussing started talking about Jimina Saine.
They debated about Jimina Saine, one after another.
Sid happily left the area.
He heard what he wanted to hear.
Jimina Saine, a seemingly weak individual, possessed impressive strength.
"Oh, right, Sino seemed to say he had a surprise for me? What kind of surprise could it be?"
Sid thought to himself.
"Next match! Jimina Saine versus Claire Kageno!"
"Claire! Claire! Claire!"
Many in the audience were cheering for Claire.
Claire's strength surpassed Princess Alice's, making her a true powerhouse.
As a strong fighter with good looks, it was natural for people to cheer her on.
Claire casually swept aside her bangs that were obstructing her vision.
"Lady Claire is both beautiful and powerful!"
"Lady Claire will win!!"
The spectators shouted loudly.
At this moment, Jimina Saine also entered the arena, but no one cheered for him! After all, he looked like a weakling no matter how you saw him!
And he wasn't handsome either.
People always judge by appearance as a first impression; if a person looks ordinary, everyone's impression of him will be ordinary.
And Jimina Saine's appearance was hard to describe; he was completely a skinny stick, and he looked like he was about to die at any moment.
Like a walking corpse.
How could anyone cheer for such an image?
And Sid was smug.
This was the effect he wanted: to be underestimated by everyone, only to reveal his immense strength.
He just wanted to see their shocked expressions.
Claire exhaled.
She brought herself back to her optimal state.
Claire remembered her master's teaching: the first lesson is never to underestimate any enemy.
"Match start!"
The referee announced the start of the match.
Claire swung her sword.
The magic sword formed a white sword energy that flew towards Jimina Saine.
The sword energy passed right through Jimina Saine.
The spectators were in an uproar. They didn't understand what had happened, why the sword energy had passed through Jimina Saine.
Claire suddenly attacked behind her.
Only then did the audience realize that Jimina Saine had appeared behind Claire.
This scene was so similar; Jimina Saine's opponent in the previous round had also experienced this.
Jimina Saine maintained his attacking distance and precisely dodged the attack.
He raised his sword high.
Just as a magic-infused sword was about to strike Claire.
Claire's body suddenly moved.
Under the astonished gaze of the audience, Claire sidestepped and dodged the sword.
"Is my sister's strength really that strong?" Sid was very surprised.
Jimina Saine swung his sword again, launching an attack.
This time, Claire parried with her sword.
Jimina Saine launched continuous attacks, each one incredibly swift.
But all the attacks were blocked by Claire.
Amidst the flashing blades, Jimina Saine attacked extremely quickly.
And Claire steadily blocked all attacks, maintaining a poker face throughout.
Sid now only wanted a pure sword fight, to see what level Claire's swordsmanship had reached.
It proved that, in terms of swordsmanship alone, Claire's strength was already on par with Jeno, the former Midgar Kingdom's Sword Master.
"That's strange, when did my sister become so strong? Is my sister also hiding her identity, acting as an Eminence in Shadow?"
While Sid was happily hunting bandits, Sino was training Claire, making her stronger.
Sid was so focused on killing bandits that he was completely unaware of Sino training Claire.
It should be said that Sid might have noticed, but chose to ignore it.
Lord Shadow only cared about his grand plans for showing off; he wouldn't pay too much attention to other things.
The Elf Sword Saint Beatrice was in the audience, watching the two people in the arena.
"They're both so strong! I really want to fight them!" Beatrice had an excited smile on her face.
At this moment, Alice returned here.
Her face was a little flushed, and her mind kept replaying what had just happened.
She walked to her seat and sat down.
"Princess Alice, your face seems red. Are you feeling unwell? Are you alright!"
Alexia asked out of concern for Alice's health.
"I'm fine!"
Alice's gaze was drawn to the two people in the arena.
Jimina Saine launched continuous fierce attacks.
And Claire defended with all her might.
The two were incredibly fast; the audience couldn't even see the swords in their hands.
Sword clashed with sword intensely.
It was like a fast-paced piece of music being played.
"Who is Claire's opponent?" Alice asked Alexia.
"Jimina Saine! A guy I've never heard of! But without a doubt, he's very strong!"
Alexia said.
Sid realized that if he didn't use magic and relied solely on swordsmanship, defeating his sister might take a lot of time.
Claire's swordsmanship reminded Sid of someone.
Sino.
Sid used to practice with Sino.
Sino's swordsmanship was very strong; his swordsmanship was very steady, and Sid had never won a sword sparring match against him.
Of course, he never lost either.
Jimina Saine's speed became even faster.
Like a ghost, he suddenly appeared behind Claire, then suddenly appeared in front of Claire.
The opponent's speed was so fast that Claire couldn't tell where Jimina Saine would appear from.
Fortunately, Claire was in a defensive stance, and her body movements were not large, so Jimina Saine's several attacks were blocked.
"My sister is really troublesome!" Sid thought to himself.
Jimina Saine continuously attacked from eight directions.
Claire directly closed her eyes, feeling the flow of magic.
She used the flow of magic to determine Jimina Saine's attack position.
Her eyes could no longer keep up with Jimina Saine's speed.
Alexia and Alice could no longer see Jimina Saine's figure.
They could only see the sparks that popped out from the magic swords clashing again and again.
Claire began to think about how to break through.
After thinking for a long time, she realized that she didn't seem to have a chance to win against her opponent.
Jimina Saine's speed was too incredible.
At this moment, Claire recalled what her master had taught her.
She could use magic to activate her adrenaline, at which point all her body's senses would be enhanced.
The flow of magic would also be faster, and her speed, strength, and senses would all be comprehensively improved.
However, after the battle, it might cause significant damage to her body.
Claire wanted to try it.
Now, she was only one step away from the Martial Heart Festival championship; how could she not give it her all?
Claire opened her eyes, feeling as if the world had slowed down, and she could clearly see Jimina Saine's movements.
Her body moved.
She launched an attack at extreme speed.
The two moved at high speed in the arena; the spectators couldn't even clearly see the two in the arena.
They could only see sword gleams popping out from time to time.
Claire could hold on for a while by simply defending, but if she attacked.
She was full of openings in front of Jimina Saine.
Sid felt it was time to end it, and he attacked Claire's opening without hesitation.
"She took the bait!"
Claire directly abandoned defense, intending to exchange blows with Jimina Saine.
But the outcome was not what Claire expected.
While attacking, Jimina Saine twisted his body, dodging Claire's attack, and his attack still landed on Claire's body.
Claire flew out and crashed into the wall.
Claire didn't feel much pain, but her body was already unable to move.
The side effects of adrenaline had appeared.
Sino looked at Claire, preparing to go down to check on his sister.
The referee watched Claire for a while; seeing that she couldn't get up for ten seconds, he announced the result of the match.
"Winner! Jimina Saine!"